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Getting our first Atmospheric river storm and it is supposed to drop a ton of water in the lowlands here with flooding, but temps have dropped and at 4,000 feet and above, early heavy snow is forecast this week. California Atmospheric River Forecast: 'Big Changes' in Storm Path Expected (msn.com) Atmospheric river forecast for western Washington region (mynorthwest.com)

That deserves a Corvette Summer Rebuild!

I am excited for the Kia EV3 that will be a low $20K ev, mid $20K ev in AWD form. I also find it amazing that what I stated on February 7th about BYD surpassing Tesla could very well come true by the end of the year. BYD is 124,077 EVs away from surpassing Tesla and if you include plug-in hybrids, they have surpassed Tesla. Tesla remains ahead of BYD through the first nine months of 2024. The EV leader has delivered 1,293,656 vehicles so far this year, compared to BYD’s EV sales of 1,169,579. BYD shatters Q3 and September sales records (electrek.co)

Very cool, the Nasa satellites that are monitoring the earth and reporting Green House gas eruptions can be checked here: Dashboard | Carbon Mapper

Lexus for the 2025 model year has taken the LX600 SUV to the next level with the LX 700h hybrid. Since 1995 Lexus has served as the Toyota Luxury arm for their SUVs providing comfortable ride quality, luxurious amenities and uncompromising off-road performance per Lexus. With improvements to the LX600 for the new model year and the first ever hybrid, Lexus has pushed Luxury and off-road to a new level with the Overtrail grade trim level. 2025 Lexus SUV points of interest Hybrid Powertrain for 2025 LX 700h equipped with 3.4L twin-turbo Hybrid V6 10-speed direct shirft automatic transmission with Multi-Terrain select 457 horsepower and 583 lb-ft of torque Overtrail grade available exclusively on LX700h with two or three rows Lexus Safety System+ 3.0 now standard across the LX lineup Up to 8,000 lbs. towing capacity The Lexus LX 700h brings the brand to 12 hybrid options for customers to choose from allowing Lexus customers to explore the road less traveled in luxury with ultimate efficiency per their press release. The 2025 LX is offered in five trim levels: Premium, F Sport, Luxury, Ultra Luxury and Overtrail. The LX is the only vehicle in the Lexus lineup that is offered with F Sport and Overtrail. What does Overtrail offer over the four lower levels: Front and Rear Locking differentials Allows 50:50 power splitting between front and back differentials 2,400W AC inverter Off-road all-weather floor liners 33-inch BF Goodrich All-Terrain tires on 18 inch rims Front Skid Plate protection Overtrail Appearance package Matte grey grille Black door handles Dark gray roof rails Dark chrome window trim Dark bumper trim Black overfenders Active Height Control with Adaptive Variable Suspension Multi-Terrain Monitor giving a panoramic view of front, sides, back and under images. Electric Power Steering and Electrically Controlled Braking Crawl Control Downhill Assist Control Lexus LX comes with 12.3-inch Touchscreen and added LX-exclusive 7-inch lower touchscreen, cloud navigation, intelligent assist, remote connect, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, Traffic Jam Assist, Safety Conect, Service Connect, Standard Head-up display, Mark Levinson 25 speaker surround sound, and so much more.  Interiors below start with Ultra Luxury, F Sport and then the standard interiors. The LX 700h comes exclusive with Advanced Park and Remote Park. View full article

Some very cool and informative reading: Who knew that the NACS is already aware and capable of up to 1000kW charging stations. Future built in for faster charging. Why Tesla's EV Charging System Won the Race to Become America's Standard (motortrend.com) Cool stuff coming for EVs Battery Show Detroit 2024: Affordable Axial Flux, Solid State Updates, and More EV Breakthroughs Coming Soon (motortrend.com)

For those with Pets, You gotta try this out. @Robert Hall Would love to see some of your pets after using this site with a photo of them. Venomize My Pet My sisters Golden Retriever Before My sister Golden Retriever after

Very cool, as one that does not get into planes, those kind that can land on land and water all look the same to me. Reminds me of the Indiana Jones Movie plan that was on water too.

That plane makes me think of the Expendables Movie series. I think it is the same plane model.

Very cool, Hyundai just celebrated their 100,000,000,000 millionth auto built globally which is an N edition EV. Hyundai Motor Hits Major Milestone with 100 Million Vehicles Produced Globally

Awesome job Drew, looking so good!

A friend moved from Seattle to Texas, Bayou Vista which is right next to Galveston. Has parents that have Dementia so moved to care for them. Bought a new house on the water. Was surprised as the house is built on Galvanized pilings into the bed rock and the stairs take you up 20 feet to the front door so there is nothing to flood or get damaged. I cannot seem to quickly find the picture of their house, but it is like this one that came up on the web. Nice Home but clearly built to handle water coming in from the Hurricanes. All homes need to be built this way to handle the 100 yr storm as you stated.

Hopefully the rebuild will require the homes to be on rockbed installed posts so it can handle the storm surge.

Love the driveway, should have it all pressure washed in the spring to be nice and clean. I do that with my large driveway, always nice to keep it from being slimy in the spring or fall. Reminds me of @balthazar Pontiac, I wonder if he ever finished the motor rebuild and got it on the road?

Saw a 1995 Buick Road Master Special Edition Station Wagon with fake wood siding and all the trimmings, seen better days, driven by a boomer and even had the crazy bumper sticker of "Trump is My President" ?

The Hyundai / Waymo multi-year strategic partnership will see the Hyundai Ioniq 5 enter autonomous taxi service with the IONIQ 5 being built for Waymo on the Hyundai Georgia assembly line and testing to begin by late 2025 with Waymo customer riders having access in the 2026 calendar year. To quote Jose Munoz, global COO of Hyundai Motors and President and CEO of Hyundai Motor North America: “Hyundai and Waymo share a vision to improve the safety, efficiency and convenience of how people move. Waymo’s transformational technology is improving road safety where they operate, and the IONIQ 5 is the ideal vehicle to scale this further. The team at our new manufacturing facility is ready to allocate a significant number of vehicles for the Waymo One fleet as it continues to expand. Importantly, this is the first step in the partnership between the two companies and we are actively exploring additional opportunities for collaboration.” Chang Song, President and head of Hyundai Motor Group's Advanced Vehicle Platform (AVP) stated the following: “There is no better partner for our first agreement in this initiative than industry-leader Waymo. We recently announced the launch of Hyundai Motor Company’s autonomous vehicle foundry business to provide global autonomous driving companies with vehicles capable of implementing SAE Level 4 or higher autonomous driving technology.” AVP has stated the following: Hyundai Motor details a flexible response approach to market conditions and focus on electrification through its ‘Hyundai Way’ strategy Targeting 5.55 million annual global sales by 2030, up 30% from 2023 Aiming to sell 2 million EVs per year globally by 2030 Plan to introduce new EREV models, a new type of EV with a range of more than 900 km (559 miles) on a single charge, in North America and China Aiming to offer a full lineup of 21 EV models by 2030, ranging from affordable to luxury and high-performance Introducing enhanced next-generation hybrid system with improved performance and fuel efficiency Plans to expand HEV offerings to 14 models from the current seven; Genesis luxury brand will also offer hybrid models Continuously pushing for battery technology internalization; develop affordable NCM batteries and strengthen safety technology Plans to commercialize autonomous driving vehicle foundry business; to supply autonomous vehicles to global autonomous driving software firms Aiming to secure top-tier energy leadership during the energy transition period by strengthening Group-wide hydrogen technology capabilities across the value chain Plan to make a significant investment of KRW 120.5 trillion through 2033 to support the ‘Hyundai Way’ strategy Employ new target shareholder return (TSR) of over 35% and rollout of a share buyback scheme of up to KRW 4 trillion from 2025 to 2027 Per Hyundai, the strategic relationship will see an implementation across the Hyundai Family of auto divisions with Level 2 through Level 4 autonomous driving in both Hyundai and Genesis products starting in 2026 with EREV playing a prominent role in bridging the move to electrification for global customers. EREV are electric vehicles with a gas generator to optimize long distance driving. With WAYMO already have multiple self driving taxi services in select cities, this strategic partnership would imply that Hyundai is ready to leapfrog Tesla in having their auto's be truly self driving and with Waymo tech at a Level 4+ of autonomous driving, this would imply just that. Do you think Hyundai will Leapfrog Tesla? View full article

Toyota Motor Corporation has joined the IONNA network to support their EV auto's is the first part of what has happened with IONNA, but the next is that IONNA broke ground on building their first 10 Covered Stall Fast Charging station that will offer both CCS and NACS along with a place to relax and refuel the body. The 10 stalls will offer charging at up to 400kWs and 800+volt charging service. The location of this first station is APEX North Carolina. Ionna has also finally appointed a CTO for the company, this person is Jackie Slope as CTO of the new venture.   View full article

Watch out for who wears glasses. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/college-students-used-meta-s-smart-glasses-to-dox-people-in-real-time/ar-AA1rATLI?ocid=BingHp01&cvid=c1b3480336dc49a9b1c3adc0c51611d3&ei=85

WOW, Thanks @A Horse With No Name for posting the videos, that area is going to be hit hard for years to come from this storm.

Interesting CR study that coves some interesting EV info. Link if the PDF file does not download for you: https://u21687886.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.iadG0tRuH77wgV7bNCoWhASAFSn33kVtnWJwXtsBJtZgaCIGY7Biv6-2BOW9IV-2FQ0UZA7FiiNnXrJ5v-2B-2F9GYH4R1fAGH1Zvfbeoex0DmBKwvRTlkz6RdcQ0eJOZ9UHL7gmtr3-2FjwG2F-2BwfiY-2B5nzb4PoBqGq4q3nSlgV48Wcpfok1WDLXgDxPHQEop0zyjDwzXlajepR0sHAmYYQPwxoWzaEdrMEpmV8WXHZkD552ZHUc-3DIke3_pnbeO0JlXQ32WaBds8sgBijUCJQzc2xGazVUgDNadr2YudLZUvvenMSodUeRKm6DR5wO7VlD3j8RJjqcgJIch6W-2BymDtWQ-2BsKesbjyvG739KTczQpM5-2Fn0h7lrRehTUpZU4Kf2HI-2F0tEidnXyKJRLZTNNMYduK-2FK-2BpO0mssDgHRQz9fXlHfNPL1cDoTQGVGTOkSG71lt6JQ9VlQgHUase1Yx5vFLPRmhUJdn20lAeR54nyCCLeo6-2FCQvwZvKhi7ciYb-2F4reLQ1bOX82c7CckMmlLUiXspkMPh2NWByB6c5RnRdOsNUaNLYo-2FnqGMC03z CR’s+Guide+to+EV+-+PHEV+Ratings-October+2024.pdf

Very interesting read. I have always felt that immigrants helped this country, and the facts are proving that out. Most immigrants start their own business than take existing jobs. This is some interesting facts that help explain how we continue to grow our GNP. Are immigrants taking jobs from 'native' U.S. workers? Here's what economists say (msn.com)

Some will love the Mach e Rally